UNSOLVED DISAPPEARANCE: NICOLE BALDWIN

When a Florida woman disappears from her home without warning in 2023, she leaves all of her belongings behind—even her shoes. Investigators uncover other shocking crimes while attempting to solve a presumed no-body homicide in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Sources used to research his episode:

Florida Police Searching for Woman who Went Missing Day After Celebrating Daughter’s Birthday (10 Tampa Bay News)

Mount Dora Officials Actively Engage in Search for Mother of 3 Who Went Missing Nearly a Month Ago (Dave McDaniel / WESH2 News)

TIMELINE: Here’s where things stand one year after Nicole Baldwin’s disappearance (Haley Coomes / News6 Orlando)

Mount Dora Police Search for Missing Woman (Daniel Dahm / News6 Orlando)

Mount Dora Woman Missing a Week, Daughter Wants Answers (Marilyn M. Aciego / Inside Lake)

Community Search and Vigil Planned for Mount Dora Mom Missing a Month (Marilyn M. Aciego / Inside Lake)

Police Search Body of Water Near Home of Missing Mount Dora Mom (Phylicia Ashley / WFTV News)

Missing Person Advocate Says Law Enforcement Turned on Her in Missing Mount Dora Mom Case (Marilyn M. Aciego / Inside Lake)

Mount Dora Police Still Seeking Information About Missing Woman (Triangle Sun)

Search Continues for Nicole Baldwin, Missing Mt. Dora Mother of 3 (WESH2 News)

Police Raid Home of Lead Volunteer in Search for Missing Woman (Martha McHardy / The Independent)

Fla. Man Being Investigated in Wife’s Disappearance Now Arrested on CSAM Charge (Sean Neumann / People.com)

Husband of Missing Mount Dora Mom Arrested in Homeland Security Case (Anthony Talcot / News 6 Orlando)

Feds: More than 2 Dozen CSAM Images and Videos Found on Phone Seized in Missing Mount Dora Mom Case; Husband Planned to Move to North Carolina (Marilyn M. Aciego / Inside Lake)

Mount Dora Man Found Guilty Of Possessing And Receiving Child Sexual Abuse Material (US Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida)

Mount Dora Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Possessing And Receiving Child Sexual Abuse Material (US Attorneys’ Office, Middle District of Florida)

United States of America v. Brett Baldwin (United States Districted Court for the Middle District of Florida)

If you know anything about the disappearance of Nicole Baldwin, please call the Mount Dora police at 352-735-7130, or call Crimeline at 1-800-423-8477. By calling the crimeline, you may remain anonymous if you wish. If your tip leads to resolution in Nicole’s case, you may be eligible for a $10,000 reward.

UNSOLVED HOMICIDE: OLIVIA MATTHEWS

When firefighters respond to a blaze at a suburban Atlanta apartment complex in September of 2025, they find the remains of an accomplished playwright, along with clear signs of foul play. Investigators seek the public’s help in identifying a neighborhood prowler believed to have been targeting women—like the victim—who lived alone in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Sources used to research this episode:

Reward in Smyrna Fire-Homicide Upped to $20K, Police Looking for ‘Prowler’ (Jack Lindner / Marietta Daily Journal)

Olivia ‘Liv’ Matthews Murdered — Investigators Say Fatal Fire That Killed Award-Winning Playwright Was No Accident (Lauryn Bass / Madame Noire)

Vigil Held for Woman Found Dead After Apartment Fire in Smyrna (Niamoni Watson / Atlanta News First)

Who Murdered Playwright Olivia Mathews? Reward Grows; Person of Interest Sought (Kevyn Stewart / Fox5 Atlanta)

Police Searching for Person Who Killed Metro Playwright, Then Set Her Apartment on Fire (WSB-TV News)

Award-Winning Playwright Killed in Smyrna Fire Someone Set Intentionally, Police Say (Michelle Newell / WSB-TV News)

Award-Winning Playwright Olivia Matthews Killed in Atlanta Fire Police Say Was Set Intentionally (Kay Wicker / The Grio)

Rape: Understanding and Investigating Sexual Assault Offenders (National Sheriff Volume: 39 Issue: 2 Dated: (April-May 1988) Pages: 36-38)

oliviamatthewswrites.com

If you know anything about the death of Olivia Matthews, please call the Atlanta Crime Stoppers at 404-577-8477, or submit at tip via the Greater Atlanta Crime Stoppers’ Website.  You may remain anonymous if you wish, and if your tip leads to resolution in Olivia’s case, you may be eligible for up to $20,000 in rewards.

UNSOLVED HOMICIDE: MIKIKO KASAHARA

When a foreign exchange student from Japan enrolls at a small private college in Texas, all goes well until she hosts a modest end-of-semester party in her apartment. Investigators retrieve her remains from a deliberately-set fire and discover the scorched evidence of a brutal crime in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Sources used to research this episode:

Texas Rangers Cold Case Investigation Details: Mikiko Kasahara (Texas Department of Public Safety)

Autopsy Shows Texas Lutheran Student Strangled Before Found in Burned Apartment (Associated Press)

TLU Student Strangled Before Apartment Fire (Bill O’Connell / The Seguin Gazette)

Investigators Work to Identify Body (Bill O’Connell / The Seguin Gazette)

Investigators Question Neighbors (Bill O’Connell / The Seguin Gazette)

Seguin Police Refuse to Let Murder Case Slip from View ( Felicia Frazar / The Seguin Gazette)

Inside Texas Cold Cases: A Young Japanese Student Strangled, Her Body Burned Just Hours After Partying with Friends (Amanda Cochran / Click2Houston.com)

COLD CASE #02-28813: Mikiko Kasahara (Seguin Police Department)

Convicted Killer in Texas Ranger Cold Case Gets Two Life Sentences (Angela Bonilla / KWTX News)


Texas Man Will Serve Three Life Sentences for Two Brutal Cold Case Murders and Arson Intended to Destroy Evidence (Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime)

Texas Lutheran University (The Princeton Review)

Study Abroad (Texas Lutheran University)

The Growl, Yearbook of Texas Lutheran University: 2002 Edition

If you know anything about the death of Mikiko Kasahara, please call the Texas Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-252-8477, or submit a tip via their website HERE. You may remain anonymous if you wish, and a $3,000 reward is currently being offered for information that leads to resolution in Mikiko’s case.

If you prefer, you may also contact the Texas Rangers or Seguin Police Department directly, although you won’t be eligible to receive the award unless you go through the Texas Crime Stoppers.

UNSOLVED SUSPICIOUS DEATH: DONNA HAYNES

When skeletal remains are discovered in the attic of an abandoned Washington farmhouse, the years-old mystery of a missing woman’s whereabouts is finally solved. However, the mystery of how and why she died remains in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Sources used to research this episode:

Woman’s Disappearance from Small Logging Town a Mystery (Associated Press)

Crime Stoppers of Lewis County: Crime of the Week (Longview Daily News)

Still Unidentified (The Olympian)

Salkum Woman’s Remains Found (Longview Daily News)

Remains of Woman Found Near Centralia (Associated Press)

Tragedy Strikes Salkum Family (Pat Jones / The Chronicle)

Skeletal Remains Identified (Seattle Times)

Murdered and Missing (The Olympian)

Holiday Homicide: Ed and Minnie Maurin (Kevin Gecko / National Crime Scene Clean Up)

Robbery, Murder of Ethel Couple Shocks Town (Associated Press)

Riffe Maintains Innocence in Face of Sentence of More Than a Century for Maurin Murders (Sharyn L. Decker / Lewis County Sirens)

State of Washington v. Ricky Allen Riffe

If you know anything about the death of Donna Haynes, please contact the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office at 360-748-9286.

UNSOLVED HOMICIDE: LOUISE CHAPUT

When an adventurous Canadian woman visits New Hampshire’s White Mountains for a solo hiking retreat, she’s ambushed by a killer. Investigators seek the public’s help to solve an apparently random homicide in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Sources used to research this episode:

Unsolved Homicide: Louise Chaput (New Hampshire Department of Justice)

Hiker Still Missing on Mount Washington (Associated Press)

Hikers Don’t Want to be Nervous, but They Are (Stephanie Hanes / Concord Monitor)

Trail Where Slaying Occurred Still Busy (Associated Press)

Hiker’s Slaying Baffles Police (Stephen Frothingham / The Ottawa Citizen)

Police Request Public Help on Hiker Slaying (Stephen Frothingham / Associated Press)

Police Hope for Break in Cold Case (Barbara Tetreault / Berlin Daily Sun

NH Investigators Ask Hikers In White Mountains To Look For Clues In Cold Case (CBS News)

Twenty Years Later, Chaput Murder is Still Unsolved (Barbara Tetreault / Berlin Daily Sun)

Investigators Ask for Public’s Help with Cold Case (WMUR-TV News)

Police Hope for Break in Cold Case (Barbara Tetreault / Berlin Daily Sun)

White Mountains Mystery: The Killing of Louise Chaput (WMUR-TV News)

Image of Missing Backpack Release in Push for Tips in 2001 Killing of Hiker in White Mountains (Jordan Tavares / WMUR9 News)

Unsolved Homicide: Shari Roth (New Hampshire Department of Justice)

Red VW Operator Sought (Associated Press)

‘Evil Stepped Into My Life’: Lone Known Survivor of Suspected Serial Killer Shares Story (Catherine Underwood / WMUR9 News)

View Timeline for Connecticut River Valley Killings in 1970s, 1980s (WMUR9 News)

Homicide of 26-Year-Old Woman Last Seen in Claremont Remains Unsolved After 41 Years (Natalie Benoit / WMUR9 News)

Cold Case is Hot Topic in Newport (John Lippman / Valley News)

Officials Remain Quiet Regarding Cold Case Homicides (Eagle Times)

Cold Case Unit Appeals for Information in Louise Chaput Homicide Case (New Hampshire Department of Justice)

Man Accused of Killing Married Hikers in Devil’s Den State Park Pleads Not Guilty to Murder Charges (CBS News)

Vermont State Police Probe Potential Connection Between McGann and Previous Homicide Case (Payton Dhooge / ABC7 News)

Wisconsin Investigators Revisit 2020 Devil’s Lake Homicide After Arkansas Arrest (Reagan Wynn, Doug Warner / KNWA News)

Mount Washington’s Fatalities (New Hampshire Magazine)

Appalachian Mountain Club Joe Dodge Lodge

Lost Pond Trail (alltrails.com)

White Mountain National Forest: Hiking (US Forest Service)

If you know anything about the death of Louise Chaput, please contact the New Hampshire Department of Justice’s Cold Case Unit at 603-223-3856 or fill out their online tip form HERE.

UNSOLVED HOMICIDES: MARION MARSHALL AND MARION NEWMAN

When two remarkably similar Northern Virginia women are murdered just months apart in nearly identical crimes, their neighbors fear that a serial offender is at large. DNA evidence proves them right and investigators strive to identify a serial killer who preys on the elderly in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Sources used to research this episode:

Detectives Seek Assistance Solving 2006 Cold Case Murders of Two Women (Fairfax County Police Department)

Cold Case: Springfield ‘Marion Murders’ Go Unsolved (James Cullum / patch.com)

Marion Murders: Police Release Composite Images of Man Who Killed, Sexually Assaulted 2 Virginia Women (Lindsay Watts / Fox 5 DC)

Obituary: Marion B. Marshall (legacy.com)

Obituary: Marion Jean Bonvicini Newman (legacy.com)

Police Use DNA to Create Composite of Suspected Killer in 2006 Springfield Slayings (Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post)

Police Seek Link in Murders (Connection Newspapers)

Police Use DNA to PredictAppearance of Suspect From 2006 Cold Cases (Laura Wainman / WUSA9 News)

Project Mend-A-House Helps Elderly Victim of Attack (Kipp Hanley / News and Messenger)

2006 American Community Survey: Fairfax County, Virginia (US Census Bureau)

Man Arrested for Beating, Sexually Assaulting Elderly Woman (insidenova.com)

Sex Offenders of the Elderly: Classification by Motive, Typology, and Predictors of Severity of Crime (Ann Wolbert Burgess et al. / Aggression and Violent Behavior)

Lethal outcome in elderly sexual violence: Escalation or different intent? (Eric Beauregard et al. / Journal of Criminal Justice)

If you have any information on the murders of Marion Marshall or Marion Newman, please contact the Fairfax County Police Major Crimes Bureau at 703-246-7800, and select option 8. Or, if you prefer to remain anonymous, submit a tip to the Fairfax County Crime Solvers at fairfaxcrimesolvers.org.

UNSOLVED HOMICIDE: SARAH FORRESTER

When a 13-year-old girl runs away from a Baltimore area group home, she remains missing for months before her remains are found in a wooded area. Investigators strive to identify the predator who took a vulnerable child’s life in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Sources used to research this episode:

Missing for Months, Then Murdered (Amanda Engel / WMAR2 News)

Sarah Jane Forrester | Homicide Victim, 1999 (Baltimore County Government)

Sarah Jane Forrester (findagrave.com)

Video: WNUV 6:30pm News, June 1999 (WNUV News via YouTube)

County Police Seek Help to Solve Girl’s Killing (Baltimore Sun)

Teen’s body found in Woodlawn in 1999; Baltimore Co. Police turn to the public for help (Amira Hairston / WMAR2 News)

Shooting Reported in Middle River (NottinghamMD.com)

Police Charge Man in Connection with Homicide, Sexual Assault in Middle River (Tramon Lucas / WBALTV 11)

Man Held in Death of Runaway Girl (Carroll County Times)

Man from Edgewood Charged in Killing of Catonsville Girl (The Baltimore Sun)

Edgewood Apartment Searched (Meghan Heimbach / The Aegis)

Edgewood Man Off The Hook (The Aegis)

Traffickers Target Kids Who Run Away (NCMEC)

Human Trafficking Victimization Among Youth Who Run Away from Foster Care (Natasha E. Latzman et al. / Children and Youth Services Review)

Police Seek Public’s Help in Finding Woman’s Killer (Baltimore Sun)

Unsolved Homicides: Darlene Giles (Baltimore County Police Department via YouTube)

If you know anything about the death of Sarah Forrester—or the death of Darlene Giles—please call the Baltimore County Police Department at 410-887-3943. Or, text the Baltimore County Police Department’s Homicide and Missing Persons Unit at 443-862-9426, or email them homicide@baltimorecountymd.gov.

If you wish to remain anonymous, report your tip to Metro County Crime Stoppers. Check out their website—metrocrimestoppers.com—for information on how to submit a tip.

UNSOLVED TRIPLE-DISAPPEARANCE: PAUL SKIBA, SARAH SKIBA AND LORENZO CHIVERS

When a Colorado man brings his young daughter to work for a day, they both vanish under highly-suspicious circumstances, along with another employee. Investigators search for answers in a presumed case of triple-homicide in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Sources used to research this episode:

Over 25 Years After Triple Murder, Westminster Police Are Breaking New Ground in Case (Hannah Metzger / Westword)

A Cold Case Frozen in Time (Jessica Centers / Westwood)

‘Sarah Deserves to be Found.’ Colorado Mom Seeks Help in Missing Girl’s 1999 Cold Case (Sara Schilling / Sacramento Bee)

New Evidence in 1999 Triple-Homicide Could Crack Cold Case, Police Say (Adria Iraheta / Denver 7 News)

Ambush Suspected After Man, Daughter Vanish (CNN)

Arvada Man Sentenced to 28 Years in Prison After Stabbing of Mother (Anthony Cotton / The Denver Post)

Obituary: Sharon Lee Skiba (legacy.com)

If you know anything about the disappearances of Paul Skiba, Sarah Skiba and Lorenzo Chivers, please contact the Westminster PD at 303-658-4360.

UNSOLVED HOMICIDE: THERESA WOODS

When a teen vanishes from her small West Virginia hometown, no trace of her is found until her remains are discovered in a backwoods stream months later. A present-day lead results in the reopening of a heartbreaking cold case in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Sources used to research this episode:

25 Years Later, Father Still Waits for Justice Over Daughter’s Killing (Susan Williams / The Charleston Gazette)

Cold Case Reopened by West Virginia Authorities (Jessica Farrish / The Register-Herald)

Murder of Oak Hill Teen Remains Unsolved Nearly 40 Years Later (Austin Simms / Lootpress)

“Unresolved Lives” Book Pays Tribute to Survivors (Cheryl Keenan / Fayette Tribune)

Unresolved Lives (Susan Williams)

Jury Finds Carroll Not Guilty of Murder (Matthew Hill / Fayette Tribune)

UI Study Examines Perpetrators of Child Homicides in the U.S., Use of Guns (University of Iowa)

If you know anything about the murder of Theresa Woods, please contact the West Virginia Crime Stoppers at 304-255-7867. You can remain anonymous if you wish. Or, share what you know directly with the West Virginia State Police HERE via their online tip form.

UNSOLVED DISAPPEARANCE: JOANIE HALL

When a small-town Oregon teen vanishes on her way to her after-school job, thorough searches prove fruitless, and investigators suspect foul play. Multiple potential suspects arise in a heartbreaking search for the truth in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Sources used to research this episode:

Vigil Set for Warrenton Woman Missing Since 1983 (Associated Press)

Where is Joanie Hall? (Chelsea Gorrow / The Daily Astorian)

Search Intensified for Missing Warrenton Girl (The Daily Astorian)

Leads Go Nowhere in Search for Missing Girl (The Daily Astorian)

Foul Play Suspected in Girl’s Disappearance (The Daily Astorian)

Reward Increases (The Bulletin)

Search Fails to Turn Up Any Leads (Lesley Fornas / The Daily Astorian)

Search Turns Up Nothing (The Daily Astorian)

‘Vision’ Fails to Turn Up Missing Girl (Statesman Journal)

Memories Highlight Vigil for Joan Hall (Chelsea Gorrow / The Daily Astorian)

Missing My Sister (Becky Hall / The Daily Astorian)

National Missing Children’s Day Carries a Certain Irony (The Daily Astorian)

Vigil on Saturday for Long-Missing Girl (Seaside Signal)

Basch vs. Basch (Alameda County Superior Courts via trellis.law)

Seaside Police Officer Heads Academy Class (Seaside Signal)

Slain Girl’s Parents Still Grieving as Man Scheduled for Release (Associated Press)

‘It’s like being stabbed with a knife–every day’ (Associated Press)

Suspect Name in Girl’s Disappearance (Joan Herman / The Daily Astorian)

Mullins Not Released, Gets Heavier Charges (Don Cullimore / Seaside Signal)

Ratermans Still Grieve for Slain Daughter (Associated Press)

Lieutenant Seeks Sheriff’s Post (The Daily Astorian)

Third-Annual Clatsop ‘Mini School’ Offers Wallpapering, Home Security Suggestions (Seaside Signal)

Wife Told Ex-Sheriff: ‘Don’t Go’ (The Daily Astorian)

Sentence Sparks Anger (Fred Leeson and Don Cullimore / The Oregonian)

Eastman Faces New Charges (John Sowell / Seaside Signal)

Eastman Meted Five Years (John Sowell / Seaside Signal)

Abducted Portland Girl Found in Reno (Associated Press)

Ghosts of Highway 20 (Noelle Crombie / The Oregonian)

Details of Plea Deal in 1990 Cold Case Killing Finally Revealed (Noelle Crombie / The Oregonian)

Oldest DNA Match in Interpol’s History Links Dead American Convict to Highway of Tears Victim (Wawmeesh Hamilton / ICT News)

Unsealed Records Renew Interest in Cold Case (Jasmine Lewin / Seaside Signal)

Judge to Lift Protective Order in Cold Case (Jasmine Lewin / The Daily Astoria)

If you know anything about the disappearance or whereabouts of Joanie Hall, please call the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office at (503) 325-2061.